The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-12-14
OF INTEREsT TO THE NORTHWEST.
Secretary lamars Report Regarding
the National Park, School
Lands, etc.

congress again failed at its last session TO
make an appropriation for this. | re-
commend that the appropriation fer
compensation of superintendent and as
sistants should be restored, and the NUM-
bier increased from ten to fifteen. The
only punishment now within the power
of the department is to remove an Of
fender from the park. Better discipline
should be established.
The boundaries of the park are fixed
by statute. but they have never been
established by actual survey. In the
enforcement of the law prohibiting per-
manent settlement within its limits,
questions have arisen which have been
difficult of decision without possible in
justice to settlers in the absence of de-
finitely located boundary lines. These
lines should be determined by careful
survey and appropriately marked, in
order that the home-seeker along the
borders of the park may have noticed of
the limits beyond which he may not en-
cr"ach. The importan e Of this survey
is strongly urged by the acting superin
0et' "ho s'''es 'na' "ie present
'n's ID d constant 'hN''a''oh 10
ia"'ees "uh.ers anu ol''ers 10 ehcroith
upon the park and adds greatly to the
IN anu i''o, VI '''se 'ha's'"
WIN is proterllon' IL mas neeh e'-
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''i"eo '"", S'o'ooo "''.n cover ''e eN,
pense SUCH survey ana l recol'h'eh'
'io fpioP''a''oh vi lha' "'h""h' or So
much thereoi as may be found necessary
Tor the purpose. 1t appears that al
though the hotel accommodations during
the past season were not in every res
pect all that c'u'd be desired, they have,
however, met the demands of travel.
Ihe principal hotels are equipped with
requisite c~onveniences and generally
are wen conducted. The transportation
facilities provided by lts'ees within
the park are reported to have been am
Die and oil The best character. The
drivers are Ek'lliul and reliable.
~ '-"'''''h'
forbidding any person from engaging in
the business III the mrk without per-
mission in writing from the department
has had the EFF Get of Kidding the Park
of a large number of irresponsible per
sons who during the summer came in to
prey upon the tourists.
Yish to call the attention Of congress
to the necessity of providinga contingent
fund for incidental expenses i 4. the rark.
Under the last appropriation the only
expenditure allowed was for roads. For
the protection and rare of the govern
ment property no funds was available,
nor could any amount be expended in
The preservation of the objects of interest
which abound IN this reservation.
submit the folIoyin, estimate of,,
propr;ations for the care and mana,.-
ment of the park for the next fiscal wear
in case it should he deemed advisohle bv
coner,ss to provide for its protpctiop bv
a superintcndend.pt and assistants.
For nav of sup,rintanlent 80 5O f,r
pay of fifteen assistant su~o,rintentents
Al $1,000 each, SI5OOD. for nav of one
sereta ", 81, 500; incidenta, exnenses. ~.
500; for extinguishment Of Barronette
bridge claim tor 80 much thereof AS NAV
be awarded BY a duly constituted com.
mission appointed by the secretary of
the interior.l $1,000, for accurately sur.
veyipg and marking boundry lines in
the park, SIC, 900. Total, S3S, 500,
THE TERRITORIES
The report submitted by the govern
ors of the territories are this year nm.
usually full and interesting. They give
as a whole a gratifying view of present
prosperity, and express the brightest
homes for the neal future. In all of the
territories there has been a considerable
increase during the year in population
and in wealth; the progress OF the estab
lished industries of agriculture. stock
raising n mining has been uniform
and healthful, and the development of
new resources varied and important.
SCHOOL LANDS.
Attention is again called to the status